Hat-pouncing machine.



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HAT POUNCING MAGHHE.

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W. H. JACKSON.

HAT PUUNCING HAGHU'IE.

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UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MARSHALL & BROTHERS, OF SAME PLACE.

HAT-POUNCING MACHINE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.62 9,190, dated July 1S, 71899.

ApplicationfiledMarohZ,1898. Serial Menage. nit-moan.)

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. J ACKSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fall River, in thecounty of, Bristoland State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hat-Pouncing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to. new anduseful improvements in hatpo'uncing or finishing machines, and has particular reference to brim-ponncers. 7

It is the object of my invention to simplify and generally improve the construction of machines of the above'elass, and particularly to provide an inexpensive device which is light running and easily operated.

' With the above objects in view I have devised the simple and novelconstruction shown in the accompanying drawings,forming-a part of this specification, upon which similar charactors of reference denote like or corresponding parts upon the several figures, and of which Figure l is a plan View of my machine complete and containing a hat-body therein. Fig. 2 is a front View of the construction shown Y in Fig. 1, the hat being omitted. Fig. 3 is a 8 and 4, respectively.

between said shafts, whereby one is operated by the other. I further providenpon the 'bed posts 7, which serve to'support guiderods 8 and 9,.bearing reciprocating plates 10 and 11, containing pouncing-pads 12. The plates 10 and 11, together with their pads, are designed to be' reciprocated back and forth upon the guide-rods by means of link connections 13 and 14 with cranks of 'the shafts The shafts above ends 17, as shown.

. 5, and from which it will be obvious that the shafts 22 and 22, driven as above described mentioned are operated at a high rate of Q speed, and consequently impart rapid recip rocal movement to the platesin question. Theguide-rods 9 are mounteddirectly beneath the fixed rods 8 and, as will be apparent, serve'to yieldably support the lower plate 11 by reason of the following mechanism: The posts 7 are cut away,'as at 14,- forming a reduced portion, upon which is mounted a spiral spring 15, one end of which abuts against'a shoulderof the post and the other against and supports the free ends of the guide-rods 9. i

The-inner end of the'plates l0 and -1lterminate inheads or pads 12, as shown, each of which'are provided with clamps for bolding sandpaper or similar material thereto. These clamps consist of a yoke 16, fitted in suitable ways of the plate, andbear engaging This yokeclamps the paper beneath its ends 17 by means of a camlever 18, pivoted to said yoke and operating against the back of the pad, as shown in Fig.

clamps are operated bythe action'of the lever. To the-outer endof theshaft 4c is attached pulleys 19-and 20, the former being provided witha belt connection 21- to a similar pulley on a top feed-shaft 22, whilethe latter pulley contains a similar connection 23 with a top brush-shaft 24.. Immediately below both the feedand brush shafts 22 and 24 are arranged corresponding shafts 22 and 24;,- Whioh are provided withpulley and belt connections to the shaft 3 similar to those of the top shafts and serve to drive the top and bottom shafts in opposite directions.

' The feeding device consists of a pair'of and journaled in bearings 25, .secured to the bed. The inner ends of these shafts are provided with knuckle-joints connecting them with short angular shafts 26, hearing feedrollers 27 and 27, said angular shafts being also jonrnaled in bearings 28, attached to the main bed of the machine.

My machine is also provided with a pair of brushes, which serve to remove the dirt and dust from the hat-brim as the same is rotated and fed to its work. This cleaning device consists of shafts 24. and 24", journaied in IOO bearings 29, secured to the bed in a similar manner to those of the feeding mechanism. A pair of short shafts and 30 are connected to the above shafts by means of kn uckle-joints 31, as shown, and are journaled in bearings 32. Upon the free ends of these shafts are secured brushes 33, which operate in conjunction with each other and serve to remove the fibers cut ed by the action of the sandpaper. Beneath and to the guide-rod 9 is fixed a yoke 34, which straddles the lower plate and is connected in its center by means of an operating-lever pivoted to the bed, as shown. (See Fig. 2.)

To the bed of the machine is attached a retaining-spring 36, over which the crown of a hat is placed where desired to operate upon its brim, which device serves to retain the hat in place during the operation thereon. From the construction and illustration shown it will be seen that a hat is supported upon the machine by means of the'feed-rolls, brushes, and the spring aforesaid, which latter serves as a guide to retain the brim between the pads during their action.

The operation of my machine is as follows: The operator places one hand upon the lever 35 in a manner to lower the under pad and its connections, whereupon the brim is inserted between the two pads, and at the same time the guide 36 is slipped into the crown in a manner to retain the same snugly against the ends of the pads. The brim is also worked in between both the brushes and feed-rolls, after which the lever is released, allowing the under pad to come up into place to engage the hat-brim. The hat is caused to rotate upon an imaginary pivot as many times as may be necessary to complete its operation, after which it is released by the action of the lower aforesaid.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In ahat-bri m-pouucin g machine the combination with driving-shafts, each having a crank, oi guide-rods adjacent thereto, reciprocating plates mounted on said rods, pouncing-pads carried by said plates, links connecting said plates and cranks, rolls for feeding the hat-brim to the pads, a guide to retain the hat-brim in place, springs to operate against the under side of the lower rods, treadle connections with said spring-actuated guide-rod whereby it is lowered to insert a hat-brim between the pads, substantially as described. 1

2. A hat-brim-pouncing machine comprisinga bed, driving-shafts, each having a crank mounted thereon, posts secured to said bed, fixed and movable guide-rods secured to said posts, reciprocating plates mounted on said rods, pads supported on said plates, links connecting said plates to the crank-shafts aforesaid, treadle connections with said movable guide-rod for separating the pouncing-pad, substantially as described 3. A hat-briiupouncing machine comprising in combination a bed, driving-shafts mounted thereon, posts attached to said bed, fixed and movable guide-rods secured on said posts, pouncing-pad plates slidably mounted on the rods, link connections between the cranks of the driving-shafts and the plates, springs operating against the movable guiderod to normally hold its pad against that of the fixed guide-rods, treadle connections for operating said guide-rod to separate the pads,

feed-shafts mounted in the bed, operated from 

